---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the public information law."
description: "Relating to the public information law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Texas SB 944 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Open Records (I0548)", "State Employees (I0626)", "State Officers (I0761)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 80
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/169d2e2d-3635-4640-9673-a2491c91b759"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 944.xml"
source_hash: "5bc2448b472cec6fa9180669b8e237f7a49a8ae671af6a09d36e330eb1b71286"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 944 (86) — Relating to the public information law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00944I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Motion to table fails
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/169d2e2d-3635-4640-9673-a2491c91b759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).